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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Ophiomyiinae » Melanagromyza
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Mating pair - Melanagromyza - male - female
Copyright © 2012 Brad Barnd

Mating pair - Melanagromyza - Male Female
Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
June 30, 2012
Size: about 2.3 mm each
Found this pair resting on vegetation, and they stayed in copula even after collecting. I do not remember their orientation when I found them.

Male is on left.

Entirely black, except abdomen metallic green.
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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 9 July, 2012 - 9:08pm
Last updated 28 September, 2012 - 4:12pm

Moved
Moved from Flies. ID from Diptera.info
… Brad Barnd, 10 July, 2012 - 1:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Longlegged Flies.
… Brad Barnd, 9 July, 2012 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

Not Dolichopodidae?
R-M appears too far from the base of the wing to be Dolichopodidae (at least Dolichopodidae s. str.). The indentation where Sc joins C is also atypical.
… John F. Carr, 9 July, 2012 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks John
appears I am too used to the little metallic flies being this family
… Brad Barnd, 9 July, 2012 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

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